Record ID:
122285
Accession number:
MA 554.26
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1892.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 11.2 x 20.5 cm
Notes:
John Tayloe III was the nephew of Lee's wife, Rebecca Tayloe Lee; he would own Menokin after the death of Lee and his wife in 1797.
Address panel to "John Tayloe esquire / of / Mt. Airy / by Cato."
Part of a collection of autograph letters by the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; see collection-level record for MA 554.1-60 for more information.
Summary:
Asking if he could borrow two scythes that could cut "strong grass or bramble."
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. in 1892.
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